Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory disease of the large arteries that usually develops in people over 50 years of age.

Polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis are believed to represent the same disease process, with slightly different symptoms.

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a poorly understood pain syndrome that occurs primarily in people over the age of 50. It occurs at least twice as frequently in women as in men, and is relatively common throughout Europe...